Wanna hear a ghost story?
Hendersonville’s John Badger has a few, including tales of deadly fires, unsolved murders and 19th-century hangings. Meanwhile, Ginger Aumen captivates audiences with eerie accounts of supernatural activity in historic Waynesville buildings. And in Burnsville, Carew Henry shares chilling lore of murder and the unexplained — from ghostly footsteps to a haunted grocery cart.
In small towns across Western North Carolina, ghost tours have become a seasonal tradition, offering a mix of local history and Halloween-flavored storytelling. The tours draw on true-crime events, folklore and personal accounts, sometimes passed down through generations…